Lake Tops Louisville in Battle of League Champions 62-49 – Boys Basketball
Lake 62, Louisville 49
The Louisville Leopards Boys Varsity Basketball Team fell to the visiting Lake Blue Steaks on Senior Night Tuesday at Louisville High School. With the loss, Louisville drops to 15-6 overall on the season with a 4-4 record in non-conference play.
Cam King hit 4 three-pointers and scored a team-high 14 points to lead the Leopards. Spencer Hall and Senior Brandon Wahl also scored double digits with 11 points. Senior Derek Zeller finished with a game-high 5 rebounds for Louisville.
Lake (18-3) was led by Mitch Spotleson who scored a game-high 17 points and recorded a team-high 4 rebounds. Jeremy Brady also scored 16 points and Kameron Casey added 12. Brady, Casey, and Jake Maranville all registered 2 three-pointers each for the Blue Streaks.
A pair of buckets by Hall gave Louisville the early 4-2 lead, but Lake answered back with a 10-0 run and never trailed again. The Blue Streaks led 17-9 at the end of the first and extended their advantage to double digits by halftime at 29-19.
Lake shot 63% from the field for the game, but upped that mark to a science fiction-like 82% in the third quarter. The Blue Streaks made all 4 of their three-pointers in outscoring the Leopards 23-14 in the third to take a commanding 52-33 lead into the final quarter. Louisville outscored Lake 16-10 in the fourth quarter, but could not trim the final deficit under double digits.
The loss snaps the Leopards 5 game-winning streak as they finish the regular season with a 7-4 mark at home. The Blue Streaks have won the last two meetings between the two teams and 6 of the past 8 overall. Louisville now trails the all-time series 12-20 dating back to their first known game against Lake in 1980.
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UP NEXT: The Leopards will next travel to West Branch to take on the Warriors on Friday, February 23 in their final ever NBC game. JV will tip at 6:00 PM and Varsity will follow around 7:30 PM.
Varsity Statistics
BLUE STREAKS 62, LEOPARDS 49
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Lake 17-12-23-10–62
Louisville 9-10-14-16–49
BLUE STREAKS: Mi.Spotleson 8 0-0 17, Brady 7 0-0 16, Casey 5 0-0 12, Maranville 2 0-0 6, Schulz 2 1-1 5, Mazzocca 1 2-2 4, Ma.Spotleson 1 0-2 2. TOTAL 26 3-5 62.
3-Pointers (7): Brady 2, Casey 2, Maranville 2, Mi.Spotleson.
Team FT: 3-5 60%
Team FG: 26-41
LEOPARDS: Hall 5 0-0 11, Wahl 4 2-2 11, Zuppe 3 0-0 7, King 5 0-0 14, Burick 1 0-0 2, Hartline 1 0-0 2, C. Jones 0 2-2 2. Totals 19 4-4 49.
3-Pointers: King 4, Hall, Wahl, Zuppe
Team FT: 4-4 100%
Team FG: 19-39
Fouls: 9-9
Records: Lake 18-3, Louisville 15-6
JV: Louisville 54, Lake 37
JV Statistics
LEOPARDS 54, BLUE STREAKS 37
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Lake 8-11-11-7—37
Louisville 11-18-6-19—54
BLUE STREAKS: Snow 3 2-6 8, Perko 3 1-3 7, Nicodemo 3 0-4 6, Fedor 2 1-2 5, Remark 2 0-0 4, Eckels 1 0-0 2, Loveday 1 0-0 2, K. Miller 1 0-0 2, C. Miller 0 1-2 1. TOTAL 16 5-17 37.
3-Pointers: None
Team FT: 5-17 30%
LEOPARDS: Noble 6 3-4 15, Gronow 4 2-2 13, Hoffman 2 5-5 10, Wright 2 0-0 6, Chambers 2 0-2 5, Rode 1 0-0 3, Staley 0 2-2 2, Croxton 0 0-2 0. TOTAL 17 12-17 54.
3-Pointers (8): Gronow 3, Wright 2, Chambers, Hoffman, Rode
Team FT: 12-17 71%
Fouls: 17-15 Lake
Turnovers: 13-10 Louisville
Records: Louisville 17-4
